Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the signing of “a cooperative agreement between USDOT and North Carolina DOT that makes $461 million available for the State of North Carolina to begin work on projects that will reduce travel times and increase reliability for rail passengers, ...

Asserting that 2010 was “a very strong year,” Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman told shareholders in their annual report that the company is prepared for “the volumes we expect throughout 2011 and beyond, in what I believe will continue to be a growing market for our transportation ...

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) said Wednesday its complete lineup of Interim Tier 4/Stage III B off-highway and gen-set diesel engines 56 kW (75 hp) and above will be available with a new factory-installed variable-speed fan drive. The company says its variable-speed fan technology enab ...

Wabtec Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a $27 million contract with Parsons to provide equipment and services for the implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) at Metrolink, the rail agency that serves Southern California. Parsons was awarded a contract in 2010 to manage and implement PTC acros ...

Fort Worth Transportation Authority’s board of directors has adopted Tarrant Express, or TEX, as the name of the agency’s new commuter rail project, replacing the less decorous name of SW2NE. The authority (known as the T) said TEX will run from southwest Fort Worth through t ...

The City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, has awarded a contract worth $574 million to the Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture, a consortium of Ansaldo STS and Ansaldo Breda-Finmeccanica, for the design-build Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project. The consortium will serve as Core System Contrac ...

Norfolk Southern announced today that it has received an “unfavorable ruling” from an arbitration panel regarding an insurance claim arising out of the Jan. 6, 2005, derailment in Graniteville, S.C.
“As a result, during the first quarter of 2011, Norfolk Southern will ...

A semi-retired transportation consultant, Beach was instrumental in attaining credibility for the Sacramento Regional Transit District as it established light rail transit for California’s capital city in 1987; Beach rose to chief operating officer for RTD. He was a visible presence in June 2008 when the American Public Transportation Association held its annual Rail Conference in San Francisco, co-hosting tours of San Francisco’s light rail and streetcar operations, including the city’s heritage equipment.

A San Francisco native, Beach was a respected transportation professional. "Director Beach has been a pillar of transit expertise and insight on our board, and it has been a privilege to know and work with him over these years," said Tom Nolan, chairman of the SFMTA board.

Nathaniel Ford, SFMTA executive director and CEO, said Mr. Beach helped spur “significant improvements to the industry. His transit expertise will not only be missed here in San Francisco, but across this nation.”

Rick Laubscher, a close friend and the head of the Market Street Railway, a non-profit preservation group, said, “Cam Beach's loss to this city is hard to overestimate. He loved Muni more than anyone I ever knew—not for what it was, because he knew its shortcomings all too well—but for what it could be, in terms of serving riders properly and empowering mobility in his native city.” -->
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority Board Director Cameron Beach died Friday night, after apparently suffering a heart attack. Beach was 62. He had served for more than four years on the SFMTA Board. A semi-retired transportation cons ...

The second phase of Los Angeles’ Expo light rail transit line Friday moved ahead as the Expo Construction Authority awarded a $541 million contract to Skanska/Rados. The authority also voted to approve a bridge over Sepulveda Boulevard, in order to placate homeowners fearing gridlock caused by ...